Provides new and contemporary perspectives on Latin American literature and culture. Can focus on some specific works through heir connection to avant-garde movements, questions of identity and politics, media and the arts, canonical and marginal authors. Topic for Fall 2020: Tango & the Urban Experience. Music, dance, film, and literature provide the matrix for a consideration of tango. Questions about love, betrayal, prostitution, nostalgia, populist politics emerge to portray Buenos Aires from early 20th century to the present. Authors include Cozarinsky, Arlt, Aira, T.E Martinez. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Aesthetic Exploration, Critical Thinking.